We’ve got two orangey cats now. He walked up to the house the same way Claude did a couple years ago. Soon we’ll take new kitty (we’re calling him Meow Mix) to the vet and get him all checked out. He seems pretty friendly. He used to be mostly outside but he’s staying inside now since it’s been pretty cold.
Those are from summer. I haven’t taken photos of him recently.
Claude didn’t have a chip and we’re gonna check if Meow Mix has one. If he doesn’t then we have a new kitty permanently, which I hope is the case because I don’t like when house cats are in the wild, especially not around here since there are coyotes and pumas. And because of the whole cats catching birds situation.
Claude probably won’t get along with Meow Mix for a while so we’ll be careful about deciding to introduce them.
There's no guarantee that I'll take this any further than this sketch, so I'm posting it as is for now. A buncha old friends we haven't seen in a while 💚
One of my favorite things from when I briefly worked on a tall ship, is how our first mate would frequently use the Meow Mix jingle as a hauling shanty. Yes, we used the Meow Mix jingle as an aid to haul up the sail.
He would totally commit to it too, bellowing the words at the top of his lungs, and since shanties are call and response, convincing (with varying degrees of success) whatever mix of people we had on the sail to yell it back at him.